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MILAN (AP) — A 51-year-old highway bridge in the Italian port city of Genoa collapsed in a driving rain Tuesday, killing at least 26 people and injuring 16 others as it sent dozens of vehicles tumbling into a heap of concrete and twisted...

The Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) today passed a resolution calling for the Government to expedite the tabling and passage of public cleansing regulations which will, among other things, increase fines and penalties for...

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) is reporting that noxious fumes are impacting operations at its stamp duty & transfer tax office in downtown, Kingston. TAJ, in a tweet, stated that it has closed the office to address the problem. It says the...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Senator Kamina Johnson Smith says Jamaica expresses its deep concern at reports of a suspected terrorist attack on innocent pedestrians in the vicinity of Westminster in London as well as...

Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Caribbean Community of Retired Persons Jean Lowrie Chin says her organisation believes that the Government should continue to allow its pensioners to receive payments via cheque.

MBJ Airports Limited, the operator of the Sangster International Airport in St James, is reporting that the ramp and taxiway resurfacing works are on schedule and 80% complete. MBJ is investing some US$26 million to resurface the...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) says the risk of contracting the Zika virus (ZIKV) in the region is low but there still a need to be vigilant given the ongoing risk for dengue...

President Donald Trump’s campaign is filing an arbitration action against former aide Omarosa Manigault Newman alleging breach of a secrecy agreement. A campaign aide tells The Associated Press that it is filing the claim with the America...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Ministry of Health has expressed concern about the decline in the number of children who received the MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella) vaccine in the public health care system during the first six...

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – Police Commissioner Ian Queeley has confirmed that a quantity of drugs to be used as evidence in a pending criminal case had been stolen from the police headquarters and that law enforcement officials are...

The National Identification Systems (NIDS) Project has committed significant investments to the system upgrade and strengthening of the Registrar General’s Department’s (RGD) national civil registry, in preparation for its roll-out. The...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump escalated his messy clash with former aide Omarosa Manigault Newman on Tuesday, referring to the longtime colleague, who had been the top African-American in his White House, as “that dog!...

LONDON (AP) — A car plowed into pedestrians and cyclists near the Houses of Parliament in London during the morning rush hour Tuesday, injuring three people in what police suspect is the latest in a string of attacks in the British capital...

A three-day sensitisation seminar on the CARICOM Results Based Management (RBM) System will be held in Jamaica starting today and ending on Thursday.The seminar opens at 9 a.m. at the Office of the Prime Minister, where a discussion will be held...